Apparatus for anchoring gun-carriages.



. E. SCHNEIDER. APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING GUN 'CARRIAGES.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC.2B. 191.5". 1,183,242. Patented May'16,1916.

E. SCHNEIDER.

'APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING GUN CARRIAGES.

{\PPLICATION FILED 050.28. l9l,. I

Patented May16, 1916.

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E. SCHNEIDER. APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING GUN CARRIAGES.

APPLlCATYION FILED DEC- 28, 1915. I I I Patented May16, 1916.-

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APPARATUS FOR Amcnomme GUN CARRIAGES.

APPLICATION FILED DECLZB, 1915.

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Patented May16,'1916.-

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AP'FARA'TUS FOR ANCHORING GU N CAR'RlAGES. APPLICATION FILED DEC-28, 1 915.

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atelama Wyoming: 7 B"@ it known hat 5 I, *at IfJe Creuzot," France, have invented anew a'ndzusefulImprovement in or.- Relatlngfto I App'aratus" for" Anchoring Gun-1G'arriage's;

' which Mesa are a Sp cification; v to I gun/carr ages Iwhich are adapted} to swing on a fixed vertical pivot mounted on the tail' of' the gun ca'rria'ge trail.

The i nventi "gain .earriage sliding spade, "that 'istosay;

a spade oapable of variable dept-hot pfne of the gun trail? in "thed ec'tion v absorb the shocks "or strains of the recoil and lot the 'runnm gout 'again of the gunf into I maklng or-par sired position. I formed with an eye in which thesald' is mounted. In otherTwordjs the; I pivot of a gun earriage'adapted'to"swing: a din tot P e t invention,fiso constructed: as to serve 'as Ya gu ide for*the slidingm'ovement of a spade' the firing: p osltionq I I I I The? invention consists essentially in".

in which a, slidingfspadefca'n cap ableof variable depth of penetration into the ground. Sliding already been employed slide in the Y The nvention also consists in a locking device which allows ofelookinglthepivot relatively to the-trail if desired, either d'ur-o trail tail.

ing transport or during the driving-- of the slidingspade into the ground.

" .1 Two embodiments of this invention are illustrated by way of example in the accome panying drawings; V

'fFigures; l5 show one swing on a vertical pivot carried by the trailand'iprovided with the Q I. I ispeeification;of LettersPatent;

t ann n on coin-slsts 5 a il l aratus that? will "allow P i g'ft ithis ty Of the ground," which remains inthe'trail pivot injthe form ofa box} I I ofajboxadaptedlto.bearjwith"a 'suit-- I able ,basej on the -g 0und,;an 1 fiwhiclr coniprises guide I moveupand down andig-be held in any de-' The tail; of the tra il is I a by. means'ofIwhich'jit fitsexactly onthe ,I wan; 613, 45?ofithegboaifi such to be'eapabl'eof swingingi around the latter. In '1 all positions-pf the gun carriage the which is" th spades have I embodiment "Fig.1 I 1 is a partial sectional elevation of a gun carriage adaptedto The hea'df,

,arrAnArrU's ronaifenonme 'eun-ennamensf plan corresponding there'to.

ratusL Fig, 4 is a corresponding plan. Fig,

i sva. section 'similar'to thatfof Fig, 3. showmg" the carriage pivot in a different posi-J a tion-.i'-aFigs. 6,, Z and.8 illustrate the other embodiment of the invention} Fig'. 6* isa I 'detailsectionofthe r'taillofthe "o'a-rriag'eand of [the anchoring; apparatus .011 the line I V I+ VI of Figz 7; Fig/71isaplan in pari 3 tialsection corresp'ondingv theret0. Eig.-,; 8,

isa front elevation-' o'f theanchoringfappa f o,

rates" shown'sepai-"ate" from the gun earr1age.'.'

known manner'with its headigalonga guide B formed 'on' thefaxle" According to this" inventionthe .pivotof the trailtai l fw'is" eonstituted" by a cylindrie'al'box DD,"jthjef I j bottom'of which isfslightly splayed" by means i of1a f00t 0L- The'boX -forms' byyinea'ns of transverse," I partitions 0Z tWeen-the tOp and"thebotto'mooftheboxg and partial vertieal walls d I 1 providdYbeby means 0f the I I I dfifformed' in one pieoer With, said top and I bot omys id'e, foranindependent spadegE gi I us guided exactly; the pivot. Theftail 1a isffor'medfwith an eye or collar spa de aets thus'like the; trail spade of the Deport system, that, is to: say, it remains in- 1 dependent ofthe gunearriage in the direction of its penetrationin theground, while I -carriag'e,-by means part with a stop such. vas a spring-pressed b0lt 'F,. provided with teeth cooperating -with teethfe formed on the independent spade E andintended to prevent an 1111- timely rising of the embedded spade. In the wallof the collar a there may be mounted a turning bolt. G of'kno'wn c0nstruction,}for whieh'two wall d of -the pivot" box. The operating A p iauahh rnee m erzaiaia Is riiani r'eafoeej ir ona guide earried I I I Fig; 3Iis'a def 1 o. ta led sectlonvdrawntoa larger soalejofthe -r .gun 'trallgta land ofthe',anchoringappagf; 60

Inthejenibonimentshown in Figs. 1' to 51 a manner as diametrically opposite=sookets'.cZ -f v are provided-on the lower edge ofthe partial gage the end 9 of its spring stud in catches it provided in projections H of the casing H of the bolt G.

I By means ofthe apparatus just described, by rotating the pivot box DD in the collar I a of the trail, before depressing the trail,

the spade can be brought into the position shown in Fig. 5, wherein it has an inclination the reverse of that which it has in the positions shown in F igs. l to 4:. This position is suitable for firing rapidly a first shot I I from the gun in the case of surprise.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the other em bodiment in which the pivot box is composed of two platesD, D in a central hole of which there is engaged the pivot propen D Guides (l -d are formed on each side of the axis of the pivot'for two sliding spades E, E. The trail tail a contains a socket a through which the pivot 1) passes when the box is in position on the rail.

G-g is a stop similar to that described in.

thepreceding example. According to the position which is given to the pivot box relatively to the gun trail, the said stop allows of fixing the pivot box for the purpose of driving. in the spades in the direction shown, or in the symmetrically reverse direction. Namely, if it is desired to reverse the direction of the spades, it is merely necessary to remove the pivot D by withdrawing the pin I, then to disengage the box and replace it in the required position by turning it around, so that the guides will thus have given to them a direction which is the reverse of the direction they had preport mounted, in said bearing,

one or more accurate guides for one or more sliding spades, a device being provided for lockingsaid box-like part to the trail for transport purposes or for'the penetration of the sliding spade or spades in two symmetrical positions of inclination.

2. In apparatus for anchoring a gun carriage of the type specified, the combination with the gun carriage trail and a trail spade around which the gun mounting is adapted to swing as on a pivot, of an ap proximately vertical hollow cylindrical bearing in said trail, an externally cylindrical box-like support mounted in said bearing, and a guide slide inclined to'the vertical in'said bearing adapted to receive and guide the spade in its upward and downward sliding movements.

3. In apparatus for anchoring a gun carriage of the type specified, the combination with the gun carriage trail and a trail spade around which the gun mounting is adapted to swing as on a pivot, of an approximately vertical hollow cylindrical bearing in said trail, an externally cylindrical box-likesupa guide slide inclined to the vertical in adapted to receive and guide the spade in its upward and downward sliding movements, whereby by revolving said box-like support in its bearing,the spade can be re volvedabout' an approximately vertical axis independently of the trail, and means for I said bearing looking said support at any point of its revolution to said bearing, whereby the spade can be locked at any desired point relatively to the trail.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. EUGENE SCHNEIDER. 'W'itnesses:

CHAs. P. PRESSLY,

G. HEADLEY.

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